Practice With Rush

I think it's sad, and I don't agree that she's a "highly talented first round baseball draft pick," but I think this Conn Carroll is probably right:

And the McCain campaign should have been getting her that needed practice from day one. The major leagues have a farm system for a reason. To develop talent. From day one Palin should have been on Hannity, Hewitt, Rush, and Laura. Is this group going to challenge her in the same way Charlie Gibson will? No. But they would give Palin the opportunity to answer detailed policy questions in a friendly environment, to hone her skills at explaining her world view, and to grow comfortable in the media spotlight.

But the McCain camp did not choose this route. Instead the sequestered Sarah with top McCain advisers who crammed her with McCain-answers instead of letting her discover Palin-answers on her own. Major league teams don't build pitching staffs by calling up their best talent and then leaving them on the bench. They send them to organizations where they are given an opportunity to develop their natural talents, so that when they do play in the bigs, they will be that much better.